Drawing Animal 13: Koala

Happy winter, dear artist ❄️☃️

Welcome or welcome back to the thirteenth practice of our drawing animal series 😀

In this week’s beginner-friendly drawing exercise, I will guide you through several easy steps to create this cute koala.

Since every drawing practice of this Blog is designed to help beginner artists starting their art journeys, each step-by-step tutorial will begin with a reference photo.

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Please spend one or two minutes on examining this chubby koala, and imagine which shapes this koala is made of 😘

Are you ready? Grab your pencil and draw with me.

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Step 6: Coloring

This animal drawing series belongs to the Drawing Level 3 of this Blog, so you are recommended to boost your creativity by applying your own color palette. I bet your colored version of this koala is much better than the example above 🤩🥳

If you are new to this Blog, or if you want to learn more about how to color, please have a look at previous drawing levels via Blog Navigation. In those previous levels and beginner drawing practices, I offered detailed sketching and coloring guidelines for all absolute beginner artists. And of course, exercises of previous levels are simpler than this animal drawing series.

I also created some simple printable coloring sheets for those who like playing with colors. Please check out my Ko-fi shop to see whether you are interested in them.

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Remember, practice makes perfect. A simple sketch per day is enough for beginner artists to improve our art skills 😍

Join me on my YouTube channel to practice pencil sketching through short and easy drawing videos.

Thank you so much for visiting this Blog. I hope you can find this Blog helpful.

See you in the next Blog post ✨💖

Drawing Animal 12: Red Panda

Good day, artist 🥰

Welcome to another simple animal drawing practice. In today’s beginner exercise, we will learn simple steps to create this cute red panda.

I have repeated regularly throughout this Blog, but this is worth repeating. Examining the reference photo carefully before actually drawing is really important for beginner artists to train our eyes. Therefore, please spend a minute to imagine which shapes that this red panda is formed 😁

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If you are new to the concept of drawing using SHAPES in this Blog, please have a look at the Blog Navigation. You will have an overview of how this Blog is designed to help absolute beginner artists training their eyes and hands to start their art dreams. Particularly, the concepts of using basic SHAPES to draw anything is explained in detail in the two posts of the Drawing Level 0. If you are new to drawing and don’t know how to draw anything you want, these Drawing Level 0 posts are helpful.

Now, let’s dive into the easy step-by-step tutorial to put simple shapes together and create our cute red panda 🥳

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Step 5: Coloring

This above colored version is just an example for your reference. As we have made it to Drawing Level 3, playing with your own color palettes and even beginning to adjust some small details in order to boost your creativity is a great step to find your own art style.

If you want to learn more about how to color, the drawing practices belonging to Level 1 and Level 2 may help you a bit. I shared beginner-friendly guidelines of how to color your artworks in those posts. Please check them out 😍

Another great way to improve your coloring skills and get more creative is to play with coloring books. I also provide some printable coloring sheets for you to consider. You can have a look at them by accessing my Ko-fi shop

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Thank you so much for drawing with me today. I hope you enjoyed the simple process and were satisfied with your own cute red panda.

If you are interested in pencil sketching and drawing cute animals from references, visit my YouTube channel for more 😘

I am so happy if you can learn something from this Blog. See you in the next drawing practice.

Happy drawing 💖

Drawing Animal 11: Racoon

Hello, my friend! Wish you a wonderful week 💖

Welcome or welcome back to a new animal drawing practice of this Blog. In this week’s exercise, we will go through several simple steps to create this chubby racoon.

As usual, firstly let’s examine our reference photo:

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This step is crucial for beginner artists because it will help train your eyes to figure out the shapes needed to draw an object.

Are you ready? Grab your paper and pencil. We will dive into the beginner-friendly step-by-step tutorial right away 😉.

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Step 5: Coloring

The above coloring version is just an example for your reference. Since we are in the Drawing Level 3, you are strongly recommended to boost your creativity by playing with your own color palette.

If this is your first time visiting this Blog, here is a brief introduction:

This Blog is created to support absolute beginner artists pursuing their art journeys by offering multiple drawing practices categorized into several levels. So far, this Blog includes the following drawing levels:

• Drawing Level 0: fundamental shapes

• Drawing Level 1: fun and simple fruits

• Drawing Level 2.1: animal plush toys

• Drawing Level 2.2: human dolls

• Drawing Level 3: drawing animals from reference photos

You can access all exercises of the above levels via the Blog Navigation.

In addition, my YouTube channel also provides many simple sketching practices which are suitable for beginner artists. You are welcome to join me there.

Finally, I also created some simple printable coloring sheets for those who like playing with colors to practice while relaxing. You can have a look at them by visiting my Ko-fi shop:

🎨 https://ko-fi.com/ad_phann/shop 

Thank you so much for drawing this cute racoon with me. I hope you have created your own unique chubby racoon 😍. 

See you in the next animal drawing practice.

Happy drawing 🤗

Drawing Animal 10: Chipmunk Eating Peanut

Happy November, dear artist 🥳. 

I hope you are well this winter. Welcome back to the tenth animal drawing practice of Level 3 for beginner artists. The tenth post for Drawing Level 3, I can’t believe we have come this far 😝. 

In today’s beginner-friendly exercise, we will go through simple steps to draw this cute chipmunk.

If this is your first time visiting my Blog, you are recommended to look at the Blog Navigation to know how this Blog is structured. And please notice that this Blog is designed to help absolute beginner artists lay a foundation for their art dreams by providing simple step-by-step drawing tutorials. In particular, if you haven’t got much experience drawing and do not know how to develop your art style, the two posts at Drawing Level 0 of this Blog might be a great start. 

As always, let’s spend a few minutes examining our reference photo for this week’s practice. The importance of this step is to train your eyes to figure out the shapes of our drawing subject.

Source: Pinterest

Are you ready? Grab your paper and pencil (or any drawing tools you like) and draw with me.

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Step 5: Coloring

This is just my example for the coloring step. Practices of Drawing Level 3 exclude the detailed coloring steps in order for you to boost your creativity better. Play with your own color palette! I bet you will have your unique coloring version for this cute chipmunk, and it will be better than my version 🥳.

In case you like coloring with already-made line arts, consider my printable coloring sheets at my Ko-fi shop:

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Before ending this post, I am so happy to introduce the new series on my YouTube channel - drawing from reference 😁. If you like practicing pencil sketches from reference photos, you are welcome to join me.

Thank you so much for drawing with me. See you in the next animal drawing. I still have a large number of cute and easy animal drawing exercises to offer.

Happy drawing 😻